Parma, 16 January 2021 – Statistics and previous encounters with our next opponent: Here is the Match Pack for Sassuolo vs. Parma.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
In the four most recent meeting between Sassuolo and Parma in Serie A, there has been one win for the Neroverdi, one draw, and two wins for the Crociati. In three of their four top flight home matches against Parma, Sassuolo have failed to score; in the fourth however, in March 2015, the Neroverdi managed to score four.
CURRENT FORM
Sassuolo have earned 29 points up until now in Serie A; their record points tally for the first half of the season stands at 31 points in 2015/16 (they still have two games to try to break that record).
GENERAL STATS
This will be Parma’s 950th match in Serie A, with the balance so far for the Crociati standing at 353 wins, 276 draws and 320 defeats. Sassuolo are one of three teams this season to have an average time of possession greater than 59%, together with Juventus and Napoli.
PLAYER STATS
Gervinho scored the deciding goal in the last match between these two teams at Mapei Stadium in February 2020, and he is only one goal away from drawing level with Adriano (23 goals) in ninth position on the Parma all-time goalscoring chart for Serie A. Andreas Cornelius scored his first goal in the Italian top flight against Sassuolo in September 2017 while playing for Atalanta. Jasmin Kurtic will be playing against his former side: he made 18 Serie A appearances in Sassuolo colours between August 2013 and January 2014, providing four assists over that period. Bruno Alves’ first goal in the Parma shirt in Serie A was scored against Sassuolo in November 2018. Riccardo Gagliolo also scored his first goal in Serie A against Sassuolo, in April 2016 while playing for Carpi.
